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Magnitude-7 Earthquake Strikes Off Indonesia, Killing at Least 37 JAKARTA, Indonesia — A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of the Indonesian resort island of Lombok near Bali on Sunday evening, killing at least 37 people and triggering a tsunami warning, officials said. The earthquake — initially announced as a magnitude 6.8 then revised to 7.0 — struck off Lombok’s north coast and was felt on Bali, just to the west, Indonesia’s national Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/world/asia/indonesia-earthquake.html